A mid-day adventure here
and
there,
yet still time to grade papers,
tutor Carol, etc. --
Having taken the Theoreticians through their morning (hopefully not mourning) rounds (Dido and Aeneus appropriately to the fore), and produced a poster for...
THE OPUS PROJECT
Celebrating the Creative Spirit Chronologically
Opus 21 ...Of Age...
8pm, Saturday September 27, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with
Alan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, and
The Opus Project String Trio, Woodwind Quintet, and Orchestra
***
Later, the session with the Music Lit folks, Renaissancy into Baroque, as follows...
D Major - Two Sharps - F# and C#
D E F# G A B C# D
A Major - Three Sharps - F#, C#, and G#
A B C# D E F# G# A
E Major - Four Sharps - F#, C#, G#, and D#
E F# G# A B C# D# E
E Minor - One Sharp - F#
E F# G A B C D E
Three Typical Genres (Types of Music) in the Baroque, and Characteristic Movements
Opera
Overture
Aria (Duet, Trio, Quartet...)
Chorus
.
.
,
(i.e. an open-ended form)
Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II
.
.
.
(open-ended form)
Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast
(i.e. a closed form)
J.S. Bach - Birth-Death Dates, Three Sytlistic Periods, and Typical Music Written
(1695-1750)
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal
Listening
[8567] Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (God in the House)
[8585] Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul
[8659] Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneus: When I Am Laid in Earth
[8678] Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria: I. Gloria
[8685] J.S. Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little")
[8685] G.F. Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah
***
Also briefly visit Owen's rehearsal.
Oh yes,
and the morning communing commute, and late,
over enlightening videos, the composition of page 7 for Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1902 Richard Strauss, the 192nd day of summer, inching again up to 91 (138th and 75rd of 80 / 90+), the last five days a ternary of A. 90 91 B. 84 A. 90 91... and for more heightened numerology, today and one/two/three weeks previously at 91, 91, 89, 89...
